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Abnormally high potassium concentration in the blood, most often due to defective renal excretion. It is characterized clinically by electrocardiographic abnormalities (elevated T waves and depressed P waves, and eventually by atrial asystole). In severe cases, weakness and flaccid paralysis may occur. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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- Hyperpotassemia
- Hyperkalemias
- Hyperpotassemias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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high blood potassium levels; do not confuse with HYPOKALEMIA
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- National Library of Medicine. Hyperkalemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006947. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006947
- Hyperkalemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperkalemia
- Hyperkalemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605259